Articles by Dice Staff

• Can Strong Encryption Work in the Cloud?

  Earlier this year, NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) released a new publication, entitled Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations, which describes in detail the curre…
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  Peek Inside VMware’s Hands-On Labs

  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3UU4yGMiOk&wmode=window&h=315] One of the most sought-after experiences at VMworld 2012 was to spend time in the user labs and get some hands on experienc…
• Oracle Open World: Fujitsu Preps "Athena" Hardware for Big Data

  [caption id="attachment_4863" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Noriyuki Toyoki, corporate senior vice president at Fujitsu, details Project Athena at Oracle Open World.[/caption] In an announceme…
• Oracle Open World: Ellison Preaches Cloud Religion

  [caption id="attachment_4857" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Oracle CEO Larry Ellison used his OOW keynote to make four major announcements.[/caption] Oracle CEO Larry Ellison used his opening…
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  GM's Hiring, But Not 10,000 New People

  Media reports that General Motors will add 10,000 more people as part of its efforts to insource the bulk of its IT operations turns out to be wrong. The company told Dice News that the widely re…
• History of Slashdot

  Site Development Slashdot started in 1997 as Chips and Dips by Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda. He posted links to news articles that interested him, mostly on open-source software and tech news. Between wo…
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  A GM Recruiter's Tips on Landing a Job

  If you want to work for General Motors, but not live in Detroit, look toward Austin, Texas. GM’s global IT staff is expected to expand by about 10,000 in the next three to five years as it brings…
• Future of Data Center Processors: No Wimpy Cores?

  I’ve often been asked to compare big, sophisticated Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processors against Intel Atom variants, potential AMD “cat” derivatives, and a handful of ARM parts seeping into the…
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  Tackle Social Media Legal Issues at Work

  The way we engage professionally via social media is offering new opportunities in the world of work. However, it's also limiting the overarching control that companies have on employees’ ability…
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  HP’s Cloud Services Wants OpenStack Lovers

  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DZizc_GTx4&w=560&h=315] HP Cloud Services wants to talk to people who are passionate about the public cloud and OpenStack. The HP unit is building its off…